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VOL. No. XXII, No. 1
Candidates Stage Last
Minute Fight For Votes
As Election Day Nears
HOOVER PLANNING
SWING INTO WEST
FOR MAJOR TALKS
Observers Say Roose
velt Will Carry
New York
VOTES WILL TELL
With the election only a few days
off, national, state and county can
didates for public office are bringing
their campaign to a whirlwind fin
ish in the hopes that heated oratory
may yet turn the tide one way or
another and result in victory at the
polls Tuesday.
In the national race, President
Hoover has approved plans for an
other campaign dash into electorial
ly important sections of the middle
west, a journey which he may ex
tend into an 11th hour transconti
nental swing. A special train carry
ing him and Mrs. Hoover will leave
Washington this afternoon with six
brief addresses scheduled for In
diana and Illinois before he delivers
a major speech at Springfield Fri
day afternoon.
Those who journeyed to New York
with the president's party for his
waApr speech there Monday night,
that reception of Mr. Hoover
was conducted on a mammoth scale,
that the arrangements and the stage
setting were impressive; but some
i (it those taking a detached view of
situation there are presuaded
that Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
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LATE ITEMS OF
INTEREST FROM
NATIONAL NEWS
GLASS ASSAILS HOOVER
Washington, Nov. I.—The day
was featured chiefly by the return .
of President Hoover from New
York, to begin preparations /for
another direct appeal for supjport
in states like Illinois, Missouri and
Minnesota and a very cardfully
prepared address by Senatoy Car
ter Glass, who was srar4tingly
critical, reiterated his disbelief
that the country's financial struc
ture was at any time seriously
mentioned, questioned the! claims
of the Republicans that th« rehab
ilitation program of the President
had done much for the country
and said in effect the President
had done some socialistic i adven
turing which might have [proved
dangerous had it not been: for tfhe
restraining influence of the Dem
ocrats in Congress.
LOWEST SINCE 1570
Chicago, Nov. I.—Wheat prices
plunged to new low records again
today for the fourth time within
a week.
The December delivery sold at
42 7-8 cents a bushel in the first
15 minutes of trading here, the
lowest price in the history of or
ganized marketing and one that
could not be equaled since 1570
to 1500.
VENIRE EXHAUSTED
Kinston, Nov. I.—Eight farmers
were in the jury box late today
when regular and special venires
totalling 243 had been exhausted
in an effort to secure a Jury to
try Herman Casey, 46, facing Su
perior court here a second time
on the charge of murdering James
C. Causey, elderly Virginian.
LONDON RIOTS
London, Nov, I.—Thousands of
rioting unemployed men and wom
en and their sympathizers fought
a series of savage battles with
mounted and foot police for more
than three hours tonight In many
of the c.ity streets of London.
47,000,000 TO VOTE
Washington, Nov. 1. —Forty-
seven million persons hive quali
fied to vote in next Tuesday's
hfc£ncral elections exceeding by
Ar and a half million the reeord-
Htering registration of 1988.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Landed the Contract
fill Jm lllli
Dorothy Jean Hamilton, two years
old, gassed in the expulsion ot the
bonus army at Washington, went to
Hollywood with her parents, who
entered and won over 150 children
for a movie contract in children's
comedies. She now supports the
family.
KIWANIS CLUB HAS*
FACULTY AS GUESTS
Entertaining Program
Is Staged At Lunch
eon Friday
A highly entertaining program
was staged Friday night at Hotel
Elkin by the members of the faculty
of the Elkin public school, who
were guests of the Elkin Kiwanis
club at their weekly luncheon.
Superintendent Walter R. Scliaff,
head of the Elkin schools, was in
charge of the program staged by the
teachers, consisted of numer
ous instrumental and vocal numbers
and a reading which brought en
thusiastic applause.
Dr. R. B. Harrell acted as master
of ceremonies on the part of the
club, and following the, presentation
of the faculty \ staged a
number of Hallowe'en gamVa which
were enjoyed all present.\
The luncheon room was decorated
in Hall9*fe'en costume, large half
pumpkins, decorated with autumn
leases and filled with grapes being
situated at advantageous points up
on the banquet table. Numerous
pumpkin lanterns shed a subdued
light upon the scene.
Entertainment of the school fac
ulty is a yearly feature of the club.
Mrs. Dallas Marjin, of the primary
department of the local school, won
the attractive attendance prize do
nated by a local drug store.
Yadkin Democrats
determined To Win
T N. J
Dr. T. W. Shof^,'iSmocratic can
didate for the House of Representa
tives, L. F. Amburn, Democratic
candidate for sheriff, Lloyd Craver,
Democratic candidate for Register
of Deeds, and Paul P. Davis, S. Q.
Allen and C. W. Johnson, Democratic
candidates for county commission
ers, all of Yadkin county, together
with other speakers, will meet at the
following places in Yadkin county
at the time specified:
Today (Thursday), Windsor Cro3S
Roads, 7 p. m.; Friday, Double Oaks,
7 p. m.; Saturday, Smitbtown, 7 p.
m.
All voters are invited to attend
Rained Out Monday
Spooks Play Tuesday
Hallowe'en spooks here may or
may not have planned a personal ap
pearance Monday night, but due to
a steady rain which sent the Yadkin
river out of K* banks, not a ghost
was in evidence. However, not to
be outdone, local festive spirits
turned out in force Tuesday night to
make merry, and as a result of the
activities of a number of the more
rowdy, succeeded in soaping numer
ous automobile windows and tearing
up state highway signs and over
turning steps.
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932
JOBS TO BE GIVEN
LOCAL UNEMPLOYED
W. M. ALLEN STATES
Will Be Paid In Food
And Other Neces
sities
MUST SEE CHURCH
W. M. Allen, chairman of the lo
«al Associated Charities, announced
Tuesday that he has been author
ized to give jobs to as many of Elk
in's unemployed who may be needed
to engage in the work of beautifying
the local cemetery, school grounds
and other public work, provided
those taking the Jobs are content to
accept as payment • clothing and
food.
Mr. Allen stated that those apply
ing for work should see Chief of
Police W. G. Church. When their
jobs have been completed, they will
be given orders on local stores for
food or clothing, no money to enter
the transaction between worker and
the associated charities. The bills
for such food and clothing as may
be paid out will be sent to the coun
ty treasurer, whtere they will be
paid out of Surry county's allotment
of funds received from the federal
government.
This offer is limited strictly to
unemployed citizens living within
the Elkin district, the entire county
having been divided up into distr'cts
to which the funds have been allot
ted. Those living outside the Elkin
district should see the relief offi
cers of their own districts for aid.
while those in adjacent counties
should seek aid from within their
own county, as similar funds for re
lief have been provided in all the
counties.
The rate at which those employed
will be paid has been fixed at 12 1-2
cents per hour for eight hours, or
one dollar per day.
NEWELL MAKES TALK
AT LYRIC THEATRE
Republican Senate
Nominee Assails the
Democratic Party
Jake F. Newell, Republican sena
torial nominee, spoke to the voters
of Surry County at the Lyric Thea
tre here Wednesday afternoon. He
featured his address with an attack
on the leadership of the Democratic
party of the nation.
Mr. Newell paramounted the pro
hibition issue, he telling his hearers
that he was standing squarely on
the bone-dry plank of the state Re
publican platform. This plank
pledges the party in this state to re
tention of the eighteenth amend
ment, the Volstead act and all other
anti-liquor legislation.
"I am appealing to dry Democrats
to help me out in this fight," Mr.
Newell said. "While thousands of
the rank and file of the Democratic
party are supporting me and will
vote for me, I am still listening for
the voice of some modern Democrat.
They used to be so dry, and now I
can't hear them at all, and I am
about persuaded that the lure of
possible victory and the hope of
political reward has led them
astray."
Mr. Newell said the liquor forces
and "the alien-minded Democrats of
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Voters to Pass On Four
State Amendments Nov. 8
North Carolina voters will be ex
pected to vote November 8 on four
amendments to the state constitu
tion, and it haß been said that the
majority of the people In the state
haven't the slightest idea what the
amendments are that they will have
to pass upon. It is probable, in
fact, that there are hundreds of
voters who don't know that the
amendments will be submitted to
the state at the balloting.
For this reason, The Tribune is
presenting herewith a brief explana
tion of the proposed amendments so
that our readers may go to the polls
with full knowledge of the issues at
band.
The first amendment is changing
the term of office of sheriff and
coroner from two to four years. If
this section is passed, the sheriff
and coroner will be elected for a
four year term in 1934, the next
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Above are pictured the four men whose fate in the coming presi
dential election 011 next Tuesday, November 8, will be decided by the
voters of the United States. Both President Hoover and Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt are making intensive efforts to occupy the White House for
the next four years as the campaign draws to a close. Vice President
Charles Curtis and John N. Garner, Democratic nominee for the vice
presidency, are shown below.
To Continue Hearing On
Bank Petition Relative
To Chatham Notes Friday
Office Is Donated
As Sewing Room In
Interest Red Cross
The office in the Castevens
Hardware Company building,
which until recently was used by
E. P. McNeer, has been donated
by Mr. Castevens to the local
chapter of the Red Cross to be
used as a sewing room in the
work of making garments for the
needy from cloth furnished by the
American Red Ooss, it was an
nounced Wednesday.
This work, although under the
auspices of the Red Cross, will be
carried out by members of the
various women's organizations
here, who, in addition to making
garments for the needy, have also
put in an order for ready-made
clothing such as overalls, work
shirts, etc., to Red Cross head
quarters.
Mrs G. T. Roth is chairman of
the local organization. Further
announcecmenu* concerning the
work will be made at a later date.
election following the one this year.
Another of the proposed amend
ments is for the protection of the
wife and children of a husband who
has made both or either the benefi
ciaries of an insurance policy. The
new section states* "and the policy
shall not be subject to claims of
creditors of the insured during the
life of the insured, if the insurance
issued 1b for the sole use of the
wife and|or children." The pres
ent section of the constitution makes
no reference to the claims of credi
tors and does not prevent a claim
being made against a policy during
the life of the insured.
The third amendment is to pro
vide for solicitorial districts. As the
constitution now stands, the solici
tor must be elected for each Judi
cial district. There are now in the
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BEGUN LAST FRIDAY
Opposition Must Show
Cause Why Shouldn't
Be Accepted
SPRADLIN IS SILENT
At the conclusion of the hearing
in Greensboro last Friday before
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, presiding
in the Federal court for the middle
North Carolina district, relative to
a petition from W. H. Spradlin, re
ceiver for the Elkin National Bank
in which the petitioners requested
permission to accept an offer made
by the Chatham Manufacturing com
pany for notes said to have been
executed by various members of the
Chatham family to the defunct bank
totalling $37,418.54 Judge Hayes
left the case open until tomorrow.
1 Friday, November 4, at which time
the attorneys for the depositors will
be required to show further cause
why the offer of the Chatham Man
ufacturing company should not be
accepted by the receiver.
The petition or the receiver set
forth that the directors of the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company of
fered to pay to the receiver the sum
of $16,000 In cash at the date of
agreement, the balance to be paid in
equal payments of one, two and
three years, said deferred payments
to be evidenced by three notes hi
equal amounts signed by the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company and
endorsed by Thurmond Chatham and
further secured by leaving with W.
H. Spradlin, the receiver, the notes
paid off, with authority to him to
credit on the three Chatham Manu
facturing Company notes. The de
ferred payments would bear inter
est at six per cent.
In addition, the Chatham Manu
facturing Company agreed to leave
with W. H. Spradlin, receiver, dur
ing the life of the notes, the $31,-
352.99 on deposit in the Elkin Na
tional Bank with authority to him
to* pay the dividends on said deposit
upon the three said Chatham Manu
facturing Company notes as and
when aald dividends are paid or at
the end of each year, the said divi
dends to draw interest at six per cent
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Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ARMFIELD RESIGNS
AS MANAGER LOCAL
B. &L ASSOCIATION
Paul Gwyn Elected As
New Secretary And
Treasurer
ADD TWO TO BOARD
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Elkin-Jonesvilte
Building and Loan Association, held
laßt week, C. G. Armfield handed in
his resignation as secretary and
treasurer, to become effective Nov
ember 1. Paul Gwyn was elected to
fill the vacancy. He took charge of
the association Tuesday and will
continue the office at the present lo
cation.
Mr. Armfield Is said to have sev
eral propositions that he has been
considering, but for the present ex
pects to be at his office to wind up
the affairs of the Elkin Hardware
company, of which he is receiver.
When the management of the lo
cal building and loan association was
placed under the guidance of Mr.
Armfield several years ago, it had
resources of about $85,000, and to
day, through the co-operation of an
efficient board of directors, its re
sources have grown to over six
times that amount.
The association is said to be one
of the best in the entire state, and
is as sound as it is possible to make
such an institution.
Through the past years,
admittedly hard years, building and
loan stock has continued to pay 100
cents on the dollar and makes a
profitable tax-free safe investment
for its stockholders.
Foley Norman and Herbert Gra
ham, local business men, were added
to the board of directors at the past
week's meeting. Sant Holcomb is
president of the organization.
WILKESBORO WILL
PLAYfIERENOV.iI
Local Team Defeated
Friday By Harmony
44 to 0.
The Elkin "Buckin Elks" defeat
ed last Thursday at Harmony by the
Harmony football team to the tune
of 44-0, play no game this week
but are busy getting in shape for a
return game with Wilkesboro, which
is scheduled to be played here Fri
day, November 11. Although de
feated 12-0 by Wilkesboro in the
first game the local gridders are of
the opinion that they can take their
opponents for a ride on the home
field.
In the game with Harmony, which
marked the second defeat by that
aggregation, Harmony ran up 19
points in the first quarter, heavier
weight and more experience smoth
ering the local squad under touch
downs which came in rapid succes
sion.
BOARD APPROVES
SCHOOL BUDGET
Means 9-Month School
Term For Elkin City
School
The State Board of Equalization
has approved the Supplemental
Funds Budget, or extended term
budget, of Elkin speciaf charter sys
tem, according to Leßoy Martin,
executive secretary to the Board. Al
though many special charter bud
gets have been reduced from origi
nal requests, the budget for Elkin
was prepared on such' an economic
scale that the Board/Of Equalization
did not see fit to redoce it further.
Secretary Martin's letter to super
intendent Walter R. Schaff shows
that the Board of Equalization has
definitely approved the budget in its
entirety, passed favorably on the
locai Board's plan for a nine month
school term, and considers the local
Board's employment of an extra
teacher as a necessary measure.
Those youngsters of the Elkin
school who weigh nni more than 100
pounds yet feel big enough to tussle
a pig skin will stage a football
game at Chatham Park Friday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock, it was learned
Wednesday. And according to one
who d&ght to know, the midgets
make up |n scrap and pep what they
lack in size. Admission will be tree.
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